Where does “sacristía” come from?

sacristía (Spanish) comes from Latin sacristia, from Latin sacrista, from Latin sacer, from Proto-Indo-European sh₂krós, from Proto-Indo-European seh₂k- — sacred.

sacristía (Spanish): sacristy (room in a church)

Definitions

  1. sacristy (room in a church)

Ancestry of “sacristía”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsacristiavestry
2Latinsacristasexton; sacristan, vestryman
3Latinsacersacred, holy, dedicated (to a divinity), consecrated, hallowed
4Proto-Indo-Europeansh₂króssacred
5Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₂k-sacred

Words derived from “sacristía”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₂k- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sh₂krós →Every word from Latin sacer →